Wake Forest

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Anonymous wrote:We toured Wake earlier this week and I can’t figure out why it has become so competitive. Campus was built in the 50s and it has this fake old south feel to it. The new expansion part is a shuttle bus ride from campus so anyone interest in Stem will be forced to commute to some classes. Sports facilities are also a bus ride away. What is the point of being in an isolated campus but still having to take a bus to parts of campus?

Everything seemed pretty generic and not all that unique. Our tour guide kept mentioning this danceathon fundraiser as a really unique Wake thing, completely oblivious to the the fact that it’s a pretty common fundraiser event.

It was solidly a regional school back in the 90s and I would put it back in that category.

How are sports facilities a bus ride away? Literally across the street for football and bball. (Just like UVA, Michigan, etc etc etc)
It's terribly difficult to get into, has top ACC sports teams and excellent school spirit. Far cry from a regional school. I would bet money you never toured Wake.

I would bet money you’ve never walked the horrifically ugly 3+ mile walk from campus through the light industrial district from campus to the baseball stadium. I really did tour it, I really did stay overnight at a hotel on University Parkway, and really did discover the armpit of Winston Salem (and that is saying something).

It’s great that the university provides shuttles to all these satellite locations, but they really do exist and I see it as a negative. The baseball stadium is at the corner of Shofair Drive and Deacon Blvd (about a block past where the blue line would drop you off.

https://parking.wfu.edu/ride-the-wake/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We toured Wake earlier this week and I can’t figure out why it has become so competitive. Campus was built in the 50s and it has this fake old south feel to it. The new expansion part is a shuttle bus ride from campus so anyone interest in Stem will be forced to commute to some classes. Sports facilities are also a bus ride away. What is the point of being in an isolated campus but still having to take a bus to parts of campus?

Everything seemed pretty generic and not all that unique. Our tour guide kept mentioning this danceathon fundraiser as a really unique Wake thing, completely oblivious to the the fact that it’s a pretty common fundraiser event.

It was solidly a regional school back in the 90s and I would put it back in that category.

How are sports facilities a bus ride away? Literally across the street for football and bball. (Just like UVA, Michigan, etc etc etc)
It's terribly difficult to get into, has top ACC sports teams and excellent school spirit. Far cry from a regional school. I would bet money you never toured Wake.

I would bet money you’ve never walked the horrifically ugly 3+ mile walk from campus through the light industrial district from campus to the baseball stadium. I really did tour it, I really did stay overnight at a hotel on University Parkway, and really did discover the armpit of Winston Salem (and that is saying something).

It’s great that the university provides shuttles to all these satellite locations, but they really do exist and I see it as a negative. The baseball stadium is at the corner of Shofair Drive and Deacon Blvd (about a block past where the blue line would drop you off.

https://parking.wfu.edu/ride-the-wake/

Now that all your other exaggerations and lies have been revealed, you have a new complaint?

No one cares if your kid applies. Go elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

I was in the marching and pep band-we were bussed to the sports facilities. They were not right next door to campus. That said, it wasn’t a huge deal. Yes, having sports facilities right on campus is nice, but it didn’t seem to be a huge problem for game attendance or school spirit.

[Anonymous]

To clarify, the football and basketball stadium are less than a mile walk from the heart of campus. It’s walkable or there is a shuttle.

The baseball team plays in a former minor league stadium. It is further from a campus, but there is a shuttle,

If it is a dealbreaker for you that the baseball stadium is not within walking distance, Wake is not the school for you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wake has had a heavy NJ/NY contingent for a long time, not just recently.

My friends there were from many places, not just the south.

Why did our tour guide talk so much about the chapel as the center of school? He kept making it seem like a religious school or something…

It is the most prominent and recognizable building on campus.

Wake cut ties with the Baptist Church years ago, but it did start that way-where do you think Deacons comes from?

That said, the Chapel is mostly used for large school gatherings. I saw Maya Angelou speak there. I saw a night line episode shot there. They have used it as the site of presidential debates. Shoot, Dave Matthews Band played in there while I was a student!

Fwiw, I did find the student body a little more churchy than I expected in the 90s. That said, other than the one required religion class, that was the only thing that was unavoidable.

They did still use the chapel for a Sunday service back then, but I assure you that there isn’t pressure to participate. Most kids are sleeping off their hangover on Sunday morning

I was at that same Dave Matthews concert in the chapel!! So fun and i think there was a "big" concert in the chapel every year, Toad the Wet Sprocket come to mind.
It has now become a school of the "haves" and "have nots". Rich kids who can afford it and poor kids who qualify for financial aid. The kids in the middle have been left out and the school isn't really doing anything to combat that, sadly. Also LOTS Of emphasis on trying to attract diversity and attracting kids from overseas who are full pay.

Is the campus very socially segregated racially? Seems like a sizable low income Afam population/financial aid recipients and a sizable wealthy white pop and the 2 do not mix?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wake has had a heavy NJ/NY contingent for a long time, not just recently.

My friends there were from many places, not just the south.

Why did our tour guide talk so much about the chapel as the center of school? He kept making it seem like a religious school or something…

It is the most prominent and recognizable building on campus.

Wake cut ties with the Baptist Church years ago, but it did start that way-where do you think Deacons comes from?

That said, the Chapel is mostly used for large school gatherings. I saw Maya Angelou speak there. I saw a night line episode shot there. They have used it as the site of presidential debates. Shoot, Dave Matthews Band played in there while I was a student!

Fwiw, I did find the student body a little more churchy than I expected in the 90s. That said, other than the one required religion class, that was the only thing that was unavoidable.

They did still use the chapel for a Sunday service back then, but I assure you that there isn’t pressure to participate. Most kids are sleeping off their hangover on Sunday morning

I was at that same Dave Matthews concert in the chapel!! So fun and i think there was a "big" concert in the chapel every year, Toad the Wet Sprocket come to mind.
It has now become a school of the "haves" and "have nots". Rich kids who can afford it and poor kids who qualify for financial aid. The kids in the middle have been left out and the school isn't really doing anything to combat that, sadly. Also LOTS Of emphasis on trying to attract diversity and attracting kids from overseas who are full pay.

Is the campus very socially segregated racially? Seems like a sizable low income Afam population/financial aid recipients and a sizable wealthy white pop and the 2 do not mix?

Why would you assume the AA students are all poor? We know four iAA students that are attending Wake from local privates. None are low income. I think the social environment is better than at most southern schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wake has had a heavy NJ/NY contingent for a long time, not just recently.

My friends there were from many places, not just the south.

Why did our tour guide talk so much about the chapel as the center of school? He kept making it seem like a religious school or something…

It is the most prominent and recognizable building on campus.

Wake cut ties with the Baptist Church years ago, but it did start that way-where do you think Deacons comes from?

That said, the Chapel is mostly used for large school gatherings. I saw Maya Angelou speak there. I saw a night line episode shot there. They have used it as the site of presidential debates. Shoot, Dave Matthews Band played in there while I was a student!

Fwiw, I did find the student body a little more churchy than I expected in the 90s. That said, other than the one required religion class, that was the only thing that was unavoidable.

They did still use the chapel for a Sunday service back then, but I assure you that there isn’t pressure to participate. Most kids are sleeping off their hangover on Sunday morning

I was at that same Dave Matthews concert in the chapel!! So fun and i think there was a "big" concert in the chapel every year, Toad the Wet Sprocket come to mind.
It has now become a school of the "haves" and "have nots". Rich kids who can afford it and poor kids who qualify for financial aid. The kids in the middle have been left out and the school isn't really doing anything to combat that, sadly. Also LOTS Of emphasis on trying to attract diversity and attracting kids from overseas who are full pay.

Is the campus very socially segregated racially? Seems like a sizable low income Afam population/financial aid recipients and a sizable wealthy white pop and the 2 do not mix?

That is what it looked like to me when I was there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We toured Wake earlier this week and I can’t figure out why it has become so competitive. Campus was built in the 50s and it has this fake old south feel to it. The new expansion part is a shuttle bus ride from campus so anyone interest in Stem will be forced to commute to some classes. Sports facilities are also a bus ride away. What is the point of being in an isolated campus but still having to take a bus to parts of campus?

Everything seemed pretty generic and not all that unique. Our tour guide kept mentioning this danceathon fundraiser as a really unique Wake thing, completely oblivious to the the fact that it’s a pretty common fundraiser event.

It was solidly a regional school back in the 90s and I would put it back in that category.

How are sports facilities a bus ride away? Literally across the street for football and bball. (Just like UVA, Michigan, etc etc etc)
It's terribly difficult to get into, has top ACC sports teams and excellent school spirit. Far cry from a regional school. I would bet money you never toured Wake.

I would bet money you’ve never walked the horrifically ugly 3+ mile walk from campus through the light industrial district from campus to the baseball stadium. I really did tour it, I really did stay overnight at a hotel on University Parkway, and really did discover the armpit of Winston Salem (and that is saying something).

It’s great that the university provides shuttles to all these satellite locations, but they really do exist and I see it as a negative. The baseball stadium is at the corner of Shofair Drive and Deacon Blvd (about a block past where the blue line would drop you off.

https://parking.wfu.edu/ride-the-wake/

Now that all your other exaggerations and lies have been revealed, you have a new complaint?

No one cares if your kid applies. Go elsewhere.

+1 That poster lost me saying "armpit of Winston-Salem."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wake has had a heavy NJ/NY contingent for a long time, not just recently.

My friends there were from many places, not just the south.

Why did our tour guide talk so much about the chapel as the center of school? He kept making it seem like a religious school or something…

It’s a nondenominational building, basicallly an auditorium inside.

+1 It's very pretty. A central landmark.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wake has had a heavy NJ/NY contingent for a long time, not just recently.

My friends there were from many places, not just the south.

Why did our tour guide talk so much about the chapel as the center of school? He kept making it seem like a religious school or something…

It is the most prominent and recognizable building on campus.

Wake cut ties with the Baptist Church years ago, but it did start that way-where do you think Deacons comes from?

That said, the Chapel is mostly used for large school gatherings. I saw Maya Angelou speak there. I saw a night line episode shot there. They have used it as the site of presidential debates. Shoot, Dave Matthews Band played in there while I was a student!

Fwiw, I did find the student body a little more churchy than I expected in the 90s. That said, other than the one required religion class, that was the only thing that was unavoidable.

They did still use the chapel for a Sunday service back then, but I assure you that there isn’t pressure to participate. Most kids are sleeping off their hangover on Sunday morning

I was at that same Dave Matthews concert in the chapel!! So fun and i think there was a "big" concert in the chapel every year, Toad the Wet Sprocket come to mind.
It has now become a school of the "haves" and "have nots". Rich kids who can afford it and poor kids who qualify for financial aid. The kids in the middle have been left out and the school isn't really doing anything to combat that, sadly. Also LOTS Of emphasis on trying to attract diversity and attracting kids from overseas who are full pay.

Is the campus very socially segregated racially? Seems like a sizable low income Afam population/financial aid recipients and a sizable wealthy white pop and the 2 do not mix?

Why would you assume the AA students are all poor? We know four iAA students that are attending Wake from local privates. None are low income. I think the social environment is better than at most southern schools.

mie included! lots of AA from Potomac, Georgetown prep and Landon.

[Anonymous]

“No one cares if your kid applies. Go elsewhere.“

With so many things changing in this world, it’s comforting to know that Southern hospitality is alive and well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“No one cares if your kid applies. Go elsewhere.“

With so many things changing in this world, it’s comforting to know that Southern hospitality is alive and well.

I’m not this poster, but you sure seem intent on telling everyone why the school was not a good fit for your child.

We all get it. Your kid (and you) didn’t like the school. Your opinion has been noted. You really can move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wake has had a heavy NJ/NY contingent for a long time, not just recently.

My friends there were from many places, not just the south.

Why did our tour guide talk so much about the chapel as the center of school? He kept making it seem like a religious school or something…

It is the most prominent and recognizable building on campus.

Wake cut ties with the Baptist Church years ago, but it did start that way-where do you think Deacons comes from?

That said, the Chapel is mostly used for large school gatherings. I saw Maya Angelou speak there. I saw a night line episode shot there. They have used it as the site of presidential debates. Shoot, Dave Matthews Band played in there while I was a student!

Fwiw, I did find the student body a little more churchy than I expected in the 90s. That said, other than the one required religion class, that was the only thing that was unavoidable.

They did still use the chapel for a Sunday service back then, but I assure you that there isn’t pressure to participate. Most kids are sleeping off their hangover on Sunday morning

I was at that same Dave Matthews concert in the chapel!! So fun and i think there was a "big" concert in the chapel every year, Toad the Wet Sprocket come to mind.
It has now become a school of the "haves" and "have nots". Rich kids who can afford it and poor kids who qualify for financial aid. The kids in the middle have been left out and the school isn't really doing anything to combat that, sadly. Also LOTS Of emphasis on trying to attract diversity and attracting kids from overseas who are full pay.

Is the campus very socially segregated racially? Seems like a sizable low income Afam population/financial aid recipients and a sizable wealthy white pop and the 2 do not mix?

Why would you assume the AA students are all poor? We know four iAA students that are attending Wake from local privates. None are low income. I think the social environment is better than at most southern schools.

Maybe it was just our tour….. it was very interesting to see who else was looking at the school. And the composition of our tour group. And also the guide chosen for our group.

It was a notably and discernibly different experience than many other schools we have looked at in the last nine months, including, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Tulane, Emory, UVA, Rice, Richmond.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wake has had a heavy NJ/NY contingent for a long time, not just recently.

My friends there were from many places, not just the south.

Why did our tour guide talk so much about the chapel as the center of school? He kept making it seem like a religious school or something…

It is the most prominent and recognizable building on campus.

Wake cut ties with the Baptist Church years ago, but it did start that way-where do you think Deacons comes from?

That said, the Chapel is mostly used for large school gatherings. I saw Maya Angelou speak there. I saw a night line episode shot there. They have used it as the site of presidential debates. Shoot, Dave Matthews Band played in there while I was a student!

Fwiw, I did find the student body a little more churchy than I expected in the 90s. That said, other than the one required religion class, that was the only thing that was unavoidable.

They did still use the chapel for a Sunday service back then, but I assure you that there isn’t pressure to participate. Most kids are sleeping off their hangover on Sunday morning

I was at that same Dave Matthews concert in the chapel!! So fun and i think there was a "big" concert in the chapel every year, Toad the Wet Sprocket come to mind.
It has now become a school of the "haves" and "have nots". Rich kids who can afford it and poor kids who qualify for financial aid. The kids in the middle have been left out and the school isn't really doing anything to combat that, sadly. Also LOTS Of emphasis on trying to attract diversity and attracting kids from overseas who are full pay.

Is the campus very socially segregated racially? Seems like a sizable low income Afam population/financial aid recipients and a sizable wealthy white pop and the 2 do not mix?

Why would you assume the AA students are all poor? We know four iAA students that are attending Wake from local privates. None are low income. I think the social environment is better than at most southern schools.

I never said all Afam were poor just like never said all whites were wealthy….
Sheesh.

Just sizeable groups

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wake has had a heavy NJ/NY contingent for a long time, not just recently.

My friends there were from many places, not just the south.

Why did our tour guide talk so much about the chapel as the center of school? He kept making it seem like a religious school or something…

It is the most prominent and recognizable building on campus.

Wake cut ties with the Baptist Church years ago, but it did start that way-where do you think Deacons comes from?

That said, the Chapel is mostly used for large school gatherings. I saw Maya Angelou speak there. I saw a night line episode shot there. They have used it as the site of presidential debates. Shoot, Dave Matthews Band played in there while I was a student!

Fwiw, I did find the student body a little more churchy than I expected in the 90s. That said, other than the one required religion class, that was the only thing that was unavoidable.

They did still use the chapel for a Sunday service back then, but I assure you that there isn’t pressure to participate. Most kids are sleeping off their hangover on Sunday morning

I was at that same Dave Matthews concert in the chapel!! So fun and i think there was a "big" concert in the chapel every year, Toad the Wet Sprocket come to mind.
It has now become a school of the "haves" and "have nots". Rich kids who can afford it and poor kids who qualify for financial aid. The kids in the middle have been left out and the school isn't really doing anything to combat that, sadly. Also LOTS Of emphasis on trying to attract diversity and attracting kids from overseas who are full pay.

Is the campus very socially segregated racially? Seems like a sizable low income Afam population/financial aid recipients and a sizable wealthy white pop and the 2 do not mix?

Why would you assume the AA students are all poor? We know four iAA students that are attending Wake from local privates. None are low income. I think the social environment is better than at most southern schools.

Maybe it was just our tour….. it was very interesting to see who else was looking at the school. And the composition of our tour group. And also the guide chosen for our group.

It was a notably and discernibly different experience than many other schools we have looked at in the last nine months, including, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Tulane, Emory, UVA, Rice, Richmond.

Must have been your tour group. We also looked at Vandy, Emory, UVA and Richmond and did not have a notable different experience at Wake, though Vandy was a bit unique because visited during parent’s weekend and had the surreal experience of multiple parents berating the admissions staff about sibling legacy.